Just when you feel you've almost drowned

[andaway]

Characters: Clark Kent and You??? Some are closed others open
Date: April 8,9, and 10th
Location: Keeliai and Atam
Situation: Different options! Clark at Atam, Kal crashing with Invincible and Clark healing in Keeliai
Warnings/Rating: N/A will add if needed



[Option A - Atam - Open]

[Clark was quick to change his clothes to be 'Clark Kent, reporter' as soon as he was inside the city (illegally because who could pass the chance to do it as soon as he learnt the water-breathers could? He could hold his breath... same thing). He figured it would get fewer stares than the blue and red uniform, and after he'd learnt about the quarantine and taken a look at the passwords he guessed it was better not to risk getting too much attention towards him.

Clark seems to be especially interested in the food, taking a look at it with a... let's say 'disapproving' stare. Smallville knows his fresh and tasty fruit thank you very much, and he had been expecting to get some for Lois in this place...]



[Option B - Flying above Keeliai / Atam - Closed to Invincible]

[Kal took any chance he could to fly up, especially with company. And Invincible's powers were very close to his own, so he liked to spend time with the kid as well- as soon as he had seen him fly up, he'd left the suite and put on his uniform to follow him with a smirk.]

Going somewhere?



[Option C - Atam - The Crash - Open but the saving will be up to Batman!]

[He should have turned away as soon as he had felt his powers fading. He had known at the moment, he had and he still kept pushing it to catch up with Mark. He relied too much in his powers still, even though he had been without them plenty of times in the past. People kept telling him but he didn't pay attention.

And now he had 8- (9? He wasn't sure on the right thigh bone) broken bones that hurt like hell. Something he wasn't used to. And his accelerated healing had been left behind, along with the rest of his powers.]

Mark...? [He had to find out if the kid was alright.]



[Option D - His room & then All over Keeliai - Hurt Clark weh weh - Open]

[It could have been worse, right?

That's what Clark kept telling himself. Resting on the bed, walking around the turtle to get some groceries, simply resting on its head... he didn't have any work to get to anymore after he had been fired. According to his boss the day he had missed while healing his bones had made him unreliable, but Clark knew better. His boss hadn't been a bad man but he could tell his neighbors had been getting at him about employing one of the foreigners to get food, when it was their fault they were being forced to deal with rationing.

He would eventually find another job, but not until he was fully healed. He had a cast around his arm and a notorious limp even with the use of a walking stick, so it was hard to miss he was hurt. Which he hated, he didn't like seeming weak... but he wasn't going to spend all the time inside his room right?]

Comments

B!

[shorttempered]

[HolycrapKalhehasnosuperhearingremeber?Don'tscarehimlikethat.]

H-hey. I figured since we're no longer stuck in the turtle's force-field I could take a real flight. Maybe scope the place out, see how big this land is... Enjoy the air in the higher altitudes.

[andaway]

[He kind of keeps forgetting- and he's not that sneaky, he's not Batman geez.]

Mind if I tag along? It's not often I get to fly with company lately. [And it will be safer but he's not saying that, no patronizing going on here no sire.]

[shorttempered]

[He might as well be Batman when Mark isn't paying attention.]

Yeah, sure. Truth be told, I usually prefer company, between my brother and my girlfriend and any of the other heroes that can fly... [Oblivious Mark is oblivious to your insidious plans of keeping him safe.]

[andaway]

[Just as planned.] Let's go then. It should be pretty easy to skip the quarantine and all that if we go through the air.

[shorttempered]

Reading my mind. [And he's off.] So how fast are you, anyway?

[andaway]

[He catches up with him rather easily, and he even speeds up so he goes slightly faster.]

Pretty damn fast.

[shorttempered]

[He smiles at that. It's been a while since he could just book it and not have to go chase some world-altering disaster... and nice to have someone he can fly this fast with. As much as he loved flying with Eve or his brother, he always had to hold back.

It didn't seem to be the case with Clark. He pushes past the boy scout then flips into a lounging position.]

Not fast enough it seems.

[andaway]

[Kal is supposed to be the adult in this case, but being an adult is never fun is it? So he speeds up as well. This is nothing compared to the speeds he can reach, but it's a good way to test the boy's powers without actively doing that.]

This might be a race you cannot win, son.

[shorttempered]

[A smile creeps on his face despite his better judgement. This was why he loved to fly.]

Maybe, but that won't stop me from trying.

[And with that he pushes faster. Kal, this is a boy who tries to outfly himself for fun. You have made a poor choice today.]

[andaway]

[Even if he lost it would still be worth it, he doesn't get to race with people who can actually present a challenge. He a little faster and in circles around Mark, just to be kind of an ass.]

You're boring me here, that's the best you can do?

[shorttempered]

[Mark pushes forward, fighting past what he feels like someone pulling him back, instead thinking it's just a byproduct of pushing himself even faster. You may be fast, old man, but he's not out yet. He pushes himself forward for one more burst of speed... but nothing happens. Panic washes over the boys face as he realizes he's finding it harder and harder to keep up in the air.

Something is majorly wrong.

Mark attempts to flip and to fly back, towards the turtle, but it's too late. He can feel gravity pulling him now.

Fuck.] Superman, get out of here. Something's not right, I can't stay up. Go back the way we--

[And with that he started to plummet down towards Atam.]

[andaway]

[Kal begins to notice something is wrong around the same time Mark does, but even if he had been in time to get back to safety- and at the speed they were going he wasn't (stupid stupid so stupid he knew why didn't he realize it sooner)- he wouldn't have left the guy on his own.]

Take as much air as you can! [He yells at the younger hero with whatever he has left of air in his lungs, you can tell this isn't the first time he's done this.] Try to avoid the water! That sandy road over there seems like the softer possible place, aim for it!

[shorttempered]

[Damn heroes and their...well... Hero complex. Save yourself, damn it.]

No matter where we land this is going to hurt. [He's never lost his powers before, and realization dawns on him that his invulnerability is probably also gone. What's going to keep him alive from a drop like this?

He can't die here.]

[andaway]

[Nevah.]

We can try to make it hurt less. Just try, alright? We have to survive this.

[shorttempered]

I don't think you can survive a fall from this height, if we're being honest.

[andaway]

[He lets a little growl] We have to try, Invincible.

Trust me, I have survived worse. We both have accelerated healing, we'll go back to the city and heal. Just try, alright?

[shorttempered]

Alright, alright! [Damn it, Clark, he's a realist who was also good in school until this superhero thing came along.] I don't know about you, but my accelerated healing isn't all that accelerated. I mean I heal quicker than humans, sure, but... Okay okay sorry, I'm optimistic. I'm optimiiiiiiistic. [Brings his knees up in an attempt to cushion/protect his insides.]

[andaway]

[And Clark had the best grades in his class but he still belieeeeves.]

Try to fill up your lungs if you can, we're almost there.

[shorttempered]

[Why? So it can just be knocked out when they hit the ground?

At least he has the mind to keep that to himself.]

Got it.

And Superman? If we do die... you were pretty cool.





And I totally would have won. [Vocally sucks up air so Superman knows he's following his instructions.]

[andaway]

[AND THERE'S NO ANSWER BECAUSE THEY CRASH.

Ouch. That hurts, especially so to someone like Kal who isn't actually used to feeling pain. He's going to have to get used to it in a place like this at this rate.

At least he doesn't have to feel it now.

Because he's unconscious.

Yay.]